MEDIA RELEASE 10 November, 2016
The peak state body for conservation groups, the Queensland Conservation Council, has welcomed the passing of water reform legislation in state Parliament overnight, while noting ongoing concerns about how major mining projects will be granted access to water.
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Queensland Conservation Council made a brief submission to the Queensland Renewable Energy Expert Panel, in response to its Draft Report ‘Credible pathways to a 50% renewable energy target for Queensland’.
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Queensland Conservation Council is deeply concerned about the plight of the koala in the southeast part of Queensland, recognising the species has experienced a dramatic collapse in population in recent years, and likely faces eventual extinction in the wild in the region.
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A letter authorised and/or signed by a wide range of organisations and individuals has been sent to Queensland Premier Palaszczuk, expressing dismay at her government’s decision to declare components of the Adani Combined Project as ‘critical infrastructure’.
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The Queensland Conservation Council is deeply concerned about the plight of the koala in the southeast part of Queensland, recognising the species has experienced a dramatic collapse in population in recent years, and likely faces eventual extinction in the wild in the region.
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MEDIA RELEASE 12 October, 2016
The Queensland Conservation Council has welcomed the release of the draft report from the Queensland Renewable Energy Expert Panel this morning.
The report indicates that the Queensland Labor target of 50% renewable energy by 2030 is achievable, and lays out several options for arriving at this outcome.
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MEDIA RELEASE 10 October, 2016
The Queensland Conservation Council has this morning expressed dismay that the Queensland state government has signalled it will be actively facilitating Adani’s proposed Carmichael coal mine in Central Queensland.
Mines Minister Dr Anthony Lynham has invoked special powers in an attempt to progress the controversial Carmichael coal and rail project. The combined mine, rail and associated water infrastructure have now been declared ‘critical infrastructure’. This is the first time since the late 2000s that this has happened.
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QCC made a brief submission on the Agriculture and Environment Committee of Queensland Parliament regarding the Environmental Protection (Underground Water Management) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016 (referred to as the ‘EPOLA Bill’).
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MEDIA RELEASE September 30, 2016
The Queensland Conservation Council has this morning expressed concerns that Queensland’s renewable energy target is being used as a political football, amid wild claims about renewable energy in the context of extreme weather events and power systems failures in South Australia.
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